Police charge Erie man with pointing gun at nightclub

Erie police said patrons of a State Street nightclub were sent scattering Sunday morning when a city man pulled out a gun and pointed it at the entrance.

Antoine Lee Ellman, 26, of the 300 block of Norman Way, was jailed Sunday on $50,000 bond after his arraignment by Erie 2nd Ward District Judge Paul Urbaniak on charges of terroristic threats, possessing an instrument of crime, recklessly endangering, simple assault and disorderly conduct.

Police accuse Ellman of approaching a nightclub in the 1300 block of State Street shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday and pointing a gun in the direction of the main entrance. No one was injured in the incident.